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Peaches Wallace
Sarah "Peaches" Wallace (August 31, 1909 – June 22, 1930) was an American aviatrix who was the second woman in the United States to obtain a glider license and held a record for time aloft in 1930. Wallace also wrote newspaper and magazine articles and made public appearances to discuss aviation and her experiences. Early life Wallace was born in Oklahoma to Reid Wallace (1864–1939) and Sallie A Burge (1866–1948) and lived there until the family relocated to San Diego in the early 1920s. Wallace was a tall, athletic girl who was called “Peaches” after her father’s favorite racehorse. In 1918, while still living in Oklahoma, eight-year-old Wallace was looking for four-leaf clovers beside a road, when a biplane made an emergency landing near her. The pilot, Billy Parker, asked Wallace, “Would you like to dare the heavens with me, my lady?” Wallace agreed and Parker strapped Wallace into the observer’s seat. After tuning up his engine, Parker took off and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and is the 8th largest city in the Southern United States. The population grew following the 2010 census and reached 687,725 in the 2020 census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,396,445, and the Oklahoma City–Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,469,124, making it Oklahoma's largest municipality and metropolitan area by population. Oklahoma City's city limits extend somewhat into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas outside the core Oklahoma County area are suburban tracts or protected rural zones (watershed). The city is the eighth-largest in the United States by area including consolidated city-counties; it is the second-largest, after Houston, not includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
